12 Deadliest States Where People Die Unusually Young

Lots of sun, high employment, environmentally friendly, lower crime rate- all factors people take into account when looking for a new place to live. They may want to add another this factor: Likelihood of death.

You can have a great quality of life and live longer if you’re lucky enough to be in one of the better states. But, if you’re not that lucky, you may see a higher than average mortality rates. In fact, the probability of dying in the worst state is 54% MORE than the best state. Yikes! The probability of dying in the 10 deadliest states is 30% more than the probability of dying in the 10 best states. Here’s the list of the 10 States with the Lowest Mortality Rates.

Insider Monkey compiled mortality rates by age group for each state from the Center for Disease Control’s Compressed Mortality dataset. By the way, YES, it’s adjusted for age. (Explanation: Just looking at mortality rates wouldn’t be enough to spot the states with the absolutely horrible mortality rates though.

The mortality rate increases as people age, so if a state has a higher proportion of older people, then naturally it will have a higher unadjusted mortality rate. This doesn’t mean that it’s one of the deadliest states. Take Florida for example. The old adage is that retirees move to Florida and eventually die there. Yes, Florida has the 6th highest unadjusted mortality rate. But, it has the lowest mortality rate in the whole country for people 85 years old and older. The reason for the one of the highest unadjusted mortality rates? There are just more older people in Florida.)